Chapter 15 African Kingdoms and City-States

The Swahili culture was

25. Which of the following practices represents an adaptation to the environment?

Africa has more Muslims than Christians in 2018?

43. The Arabs helped spread Islam and its ideas as well as

The slave trade increased as Africa’s contact with whom increased?

30. How did the ruler of Ghana profit from the trade routes that met in his empire?

Ghana grew powerful because it

Combining Arabic and Bantu formed what new language?

31. Trade across the Sahara was revolutionized by this.

40. The Romans influenced African Kingdoms by

12. Made a hajj resulting in trading and diplomatic ties between Mali and other Muslim states?

According to the government of Ghana, power was transferred to the king’s son.

24. King Ezana of Axum strengthened ties with the Mediterranean world by

19. What religious tradition did the Axumites pass on to the Ethiopians?

20. Soldier-king who made Songhai the largest kingdom in West Africa

28. Camels were important for crossing the Sahara because

36. According to the map which kingdom lasted the longest?

15. Monsoon winds aided trade between East Africa and

What major crop did the Portuguese produce using enslaved people from Africa?

34. According to to the map which African Kingdom started first?

18. Which of the following kingdoms had a port on the Red Sea?

During the 1440s, the European slave trade was started in Africa by

Timbuktu became a great trade city and center of Muslim learning.

In early Africa, most villagers were

What did Sundiata do to the people of Mali?

23. Kingdom in the rain forests of the Guinea coast

Ghana had more territory, more people, and more trade than Mali.

22. Center for trade and learning in Mali

10. Capital of inland empire whose name means “great stone buildings”

26. Which kingdom came after the Ghana kingdom?

3. World’s largest desert

37. According to the map, the largest kingdoms were located in

5. Kingdom of the Soninke people located between the Niger and Senegal rivers

35. According to the map, which kingdom was the largest?

Africa’s savannas

41. The Greeks traded and ruled Egypt at one time.

38. What others ancient civilizations influenced African Kingdoms?

What animal did the Romans introduce in North Africa?

16. Refers to people who trace their inheritance and descent through the mother’s side?

32. One reason Zimbabwe declined was

11. The Nubian capital of Meroë was an important producer of

What skills did the Bantu spread through Africa?

14. The griots of West Africa preserved

13. Axum prospered partly because it had a port on the

29. How did Mansa Musa forge new trading and diplomatic ties with Muslim states?

42. The Arabs conquered most of Central Africa.

The Sahara trade was dominated by what two products?

Africa’s trade has always been spurred by this